Vehicle seat



Oct. 7. 1924.

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EARL G'. WATROUS, 0F CHICAGQILLINOIS.

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Application ed February 28, 1923. Serial No. 621,842.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, EARL G. `WATnoUs. a citizen or" the United States, residing at Chi cagoz in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Vehicle Seats, of which the following is ay specilcation.

My invention relates to seats for automobiles and other vehicles and more particularly Ito improvements in movable seats, such as that located beside the drivers seat of an automobile. lt is customary in various 'types or styles of automobile bodies, such as the coup and brougham, in which the drivers seat is positioned forwardly of the rear seat, to provide a swinging or folding seat beside or adjacent the drivers seat and in front of the rear seat, this movable seat being so constructed that it may be swung or folded. out of the way, usually to a position under the cowl and instrument board. This front or auxiliary seat is made movable as, in some types of bodies such as the brougham, it is adjacent the door through which the passengers enter and leave the vehicle, and if the seat were not movable it would be in the way and make it extremely inconvenient for a passenger to pass to and from lthe rear seat in entering and leaving the vehicle. ll have found that many of these swinging and folding seats now in use are complicated in construction and cannot be nveniently and expeditiously folded or swung out of the way. lt is the principal object of my invention to providea movable sea-t which may be conveniently and uickly moved toward the drivers seat to aord an unobstructed passage between the movable seat and the side of the body, hence permitting easy ingress to, and egress from the back. seat.. To this end, the back of the movable seat is'pivoted to'the bottom of the seat and novel and improved means are provided so that, when the back is swung rela! tive to the bottom, the seat is automatically shifted toward the driverls seat. Convenient and simple latching means isalso provided for labching the seat either inl its normal or its moved position.

With the above and incidental objects in view', the invention consists in certain novel features of construction -and combination of parts, the essentialelements whereof are recited iutheappended claims, and a preferred form; of embodiment of which is described in detail. hereinafter and illustrated in full of the bracket ext/ends. The upper in the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

0f said drawings, Fig. .1. is a top plan view of an automobile body with the top shown mostly in section, in order to disclose the seating arrangement; Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the movable seat, being taken substantially on the line'2-l-2 of F ig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the 65 bottom of the movable seat, being taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2*; Fig. 4 is a rear view of the bottom of the movable seat showing the swinging back broken away and the floor of the vehicle in section on the line Y0 L1---11 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3 'and showing the movable seat in its normal position; Fig. 6 is a corresponding view showing the i movable seat in 'its moved position, and 75 Fig. 7 is a detail section through the latching means,- t-he section being taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3; i Y

Referring more particularly to Fi v1, it will be observed that, in the 'type o auto- @0 mobile body disclosed, there is a drivers seat 10 back of they steering wheel, a rear seat 11, and a movable seat 12, which is situated beside 'the driverls seat and in front of the rear seat. The door 13 is customarily w used for ingress to, and egress from, the vehicle .by the passengers using the back seat and the movable seat.

The movable seat comprises a seat portion d or bottom 14 and a swingingback 15. The ao -bar 18 is a bracket 20 having an arm rovided with a recess 21 into which projlects one edge of a plate 22 which extends parloo tially over a channel 23 in the door 29 of the automobile body and into which the $4.121: 0

therecessl rests on the plate 22. Secured vto the under side of and at each end ot the m5 rear cross-barl 19 are brechas '25 eyesor holes through `which a 2t, located in a channel 271 `in the door 29, projws, lthe movable seat being supported for sliding movement towardanfd away' from the il@ drivers seat through these brackets 20 and 25 riding on the plate 22 andtherod 26.. re

spcctivcly. Mounted om tcp of and ct arch sidi@ thc bccs-bmrd 16 is c side arm or bmckct 28, and tc thc rear edges of these crm@ mud thc rzmr @Lge cf the bass-board 16 is sccured c. bm or member in alignment with, and forminrf in etcct s, lower. @litan- Sm or, th@ tuk-ttm@ 32 @t ma swinging back 15 when 'the Swinging back is im the normal cstion str/fwn im Fig. Sccmred to the sld@ lcgcs or" the back-board 32 are the sid@ arms 33 @t thcmomblc seat.. ln alim ent with thc mcctmg edges 34 mi the arms 28 @nel 33 crc thc pivots of tirages 35 by mms of which the back 15 is pvctcd tc thc botwm. Th@ bar/ck may bs uphclstcrcd im may dlcsrcdl Way, the cushicn 'being indictcc by dotted incs 36 for the Sak@ out con- Vcmcmcc.

@ne and of a. lexiblc cord or rop@ 38. which may ha of my dcsircd. material or tcm', is sccurcd by mcans of a. Screw 3@ tc thc lcwcr @ge of thea bacia: plat@ 32 (Figs. 2 @und 4) and from thence thc card cxtcms downwmrly through a. cha-nmclcr grcovc t@ in the haar ()9 over sz. pulcy Whcc 1M, vharrizontaly through a. hole 4&2 in thc rear cross bar 19. wer c hcrizzmta pufcy wheel t3,

y and thcrrcc through a latch 4t, the cmd of th@ cord ccjcccmt thc Etch, bcrrg securcd to thc flow 29 by thc "scrcw 459 as best shown im Fig. ZL The Whew 4l i3 ser@ .carried im brakzxt@ 37 wird 4:3 Sccurcl. to thc crosstmr 19.

V-Slmgc-ec sprg; 7 (Fig. 3) has om@ bant @n.61 prcjcctmg t rough r. brackct 4.8 on thc outer sdcuoar 17 and its other 'bent and projccting through cpcmng in thcccr 29, as shut-m in C7, the spring mtcrmcdctc its'cmiis Ming coiled @o that thc spring normrlty wird@ t0 mmm th@ mcmblc scat im th@ positron shown im Figs. l -:m61 3 @m3 Serves tcJ rcturn th@ t@ such pcsition afterA ttm@ been mcvd toward thc drivcrs scat and than rcccsco, aS will be prccmty pointed Th@ lat-ch t 7) comprisf 1a bracket having r1. rcmcal ,tubular porticri :md c bans@ prrrtimr 5l by which it is fast/@mcd tc the @cor 29. Th@ trackct is; proriclcl with aligmcd slct; 52 through which thc ccfr 38 Mcuntcd in tcnel` tubular p rticm 50 is plunger. cr Ecwlt 5% supported by fr @our prcsgc spring 53. Th@ plunger 52 is providcd with :t sot 5L?.- thrcugh which thc mrd 38 also pascss, the cwcr clgc @t @ms sct Timg rounded t@ mfcrd c. Yasmin@ surfmc@ for th@ cczr.

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1. In combination, a seat, com rising a bottom and a back movable relative to the bottom, mea-ns for slidably supporting said seat at an invariable height, and means connected to the back and operated therebyl for automatically sliding'said seat in a horizontal pla-ne when the back is moved relative to said bottom.

2. In combination, a seat, comprisin a bottom and a back adapted to swing Iorwardly relative to said bottom, means for supporting said seatfor transverse slidingmovement, and means for automaticall el-v fecting sidewise slidin movement o the seat when said back 1s swung forwardly relative to said bottom.

3. In combination, 'a seat, comprising a bottom and a back movable relative tosaid bottom, and pulley means including a cord fastened to said back and theoor for causing movement of saidI seat when the back is moved relative to said bottom.

4. In combination, a seat, comprising a bottom and a back pivoted for relative swinging movement, means for supporting said seat for sidewise sliding movement, and means for ,automatically sliding said seat sidewisefon said supporting means by such relative swinging movement.

5. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted for relative swinging movement., means for supporting said seat for sliding sidewise movement, a latch for latc'liing said seat, and pulley means for releasing said latch and automatically sliding said seat sidewise on said supporting means by such relative swinging movement.

6. In combination, a seat, comprising a bottom and a back pivoted Jto said bottom for forward swinging movement, means 'for supporting said seat for sidewise sliding movement, pulley means including a cord connected to said back for sliding said seat sidewise when the back is swung forwardly relative to'the bottom.

7. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom and a back movable relative to said bottom, a latch for latching said seat in normal position, and means for automatically releasing said latch and automatically moving said seat when the back is moved relative to the bottom. v

8. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom and a back movable relative to said bottom, a latch for latching' said seat in nor? mal and moved positions, and means for automatically releasing said latch and'automatically moving said seat when the back is moved relative to said bottom.v

9.4 In combination,V a seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted to said bottom, means forsupportin said seat for sidewise sliding movement, aatch `for latching said seat, and a flexible member secured to said back and coo rating with said .latch for unlatching said latch and sliding said seat sidewiser when the back is'swung relative to said bottom.

10. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted tosaid bottom, means for supporting said seat for sidewise sliding movement, a vertical wheel and a horizontalwheel on said seat,'and 'a flexible member extending over said wheels and sec/ured to s aid back-for sliding said seat sidewisel when the back is moved relative to said bottom.

11. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom yand aback pivoted to said' bottom. means for supporting saidseat forv sidewise sliding movement, a vertical wheel and a horizontal wheel on said seat, a latch for latching said seat, anda'ffflex'ible member passing over said wheels and coacting with said latch for releasing said latch and sliding said seat sidewise when the back is swung relative to the bottom.

12. In combination, a seat comprising a bottom and a back 'pivoted to said bottom, means for. supporting said seat for ysliding movement, a latch for latching said seat, a 4iexible member for releasing said latch and moving said seat in one direction when the back is moved relative to the bottom, and spring means for sliding said seat in the opposite direction when the latch is released.

13. In a vehicle, the combination of a drivers seat, a sliding seat beside the drivers seat and normally spaced therefrom, the sliding seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted to the bottom, and means operated by said back for sliding said sliding seat towar-d the drivers seat when the back is swung relative to the bottom.

14. In a 'vehicle having a body with a door, a driversseat, a sliding seat beside the --drivers seat, normally adjacent the side of the vehicle body and spacedl from the drivers seat to permit passage between said seats, a latch for latchmg said sliding seat. and automatic R means for releasing said latch'A and sliding said sliding seat toward the drivers seat to aiford readyl ingress to and egress from the back of the vehicle body.

15. In a vehicle.- the combination of a drivers seat, a sliding seat, comprising a back and a bottom pivoted together for relative swinging movement, the sliding seat being beside the drivers seat and normally spaced therefrom, and meansv for automatically sliding vsaid sliding seat .toward the vdrivers seat upon .such relative swinging movement.

16. In a vehicle, the combination of a drivers seat, ar sliding seat, comprising a back and a bottom pivoted together for relative swinging movement, the sliding seat being beside the drivers seat and normally spaced therefrom, a latch for latching said sliding seat, and means for automatically releasing saidl latch and sliding said sliding seat toward the drivers seat upon such relative swinging movement. p

17'. lin a vehicle, the combination of a drivers seat, a sliding seat comprising a back and a bottom pivoted together for relative Swingin movement, the sliding seatbeing beside t e drivers Aseat and normally spaced therefrom, means for automatically sliding said sliding seat. toward the drivers seat upon such relative swinging movement,

means for latching said seat in its moved` position, and spring means for returning said seat to normal position when the latch is released, l

18. lin a vehicle having a body with a door, a vdrivers seat, a sliding seat beside the drivers seat, normally adjacent the side of the body and'spaced from the drivers seat to permit passage between said seats, said narogeea sliding seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted to said bottom, and means operated by said. back when the latter is swung relative to said bottom for sliding the sliding seat toward the drivers seat to adord ready ingress to and egrees from the rear of tbe vehicle body. l f

19. lin' a vehicle having a body with a door, a driver seat,` a sliding .seat beside the ldrivers seat normally adjacent the side of the vehicle body and spaced from the drivers seat to permit passage between said seats saidv sliding seat comprising a bottom and a back pivoted to said bottom, a latch for latching said seat, and a flexible member connected to said back and operated thereby when the latter is swung forwardly relative to the bottom for sliding the sliding seat toward the drivers seat to aord ready invrese to and egress from the rear of the veiele body,V tbe latch being also operated by said denible member.,

EARL G. WATRUS. 

